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Plastic Material

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021216

Synthetic organic polymer (i.e., a thermoset polymer, a thermoplastic polymer, or a combination of a natural polymer and a thermoset or thermoplastic polymer) that is solid in its final form and that was shaped by flow. The material can be either a homogeneous polymer or a polymer combined with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, stabilizers, or other additives.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021216
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 463.2 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021216",
  "term": "Plastic Material",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Synthetic organic polymer (i.e., a thermoset polymer, a thermoplastic polymer, or a combination of a natural polymer and a thermoset or thermoplastic polymer) that is solid in its final form and that was shaped by flow. The material can be either a homogeneous polymer or a polymer combined with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, stabilizers, or other additives.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 463.2 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/plastic-material/"
}

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